3.0.0 338 2023-01-11T13:20:28Z 2023-01-11T13:20:28Z Senate S S 2011-02-14 112 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-02-14T20:24:55Z 2011-02-14 sseg00 Energy and Natural Resources Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S686) IntroReferral 2011-02-14 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S685-686) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2011-02-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000062 Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] Dianne Feinstein D CA N N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM 2011-02-14 True Energy Energy revenues and royalties Gulf of Mexico Marine and coastal resources, fisheries Marine pollution Oil and gas Energy 00 2011-02-14 Introduced in Senate 2011-04-13T21:08:10Z Deepwater Drilling Royalty Relief Prohibition Act - Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from issuing any oil or gas lease sale under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act with royalty-based incentives in any tract located in water depths of 400 meters or more on the outer Continental Shelf.

Amends the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to repeal royalty relief (suspension of royalties) for deep water oil and gas production in the Western and Central Planning Area of the Gulf of Mexico (including the portion of the Eastern Planning Area encompassing whole lease blocks lying west of 87 degrees, 30 minutes West longitude).

Amends the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to prohibit the Secretary from reducing or eliminating any royalty or net profit share for any lease or unit located in water depths of 400 meters or more on the outer Continental Shelf.

]]> Deepwater Drilling Royalty Relief Prohibition Act Display Title Deepwater Drilling Royalty Relief Prohibition Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to prohibit royalty incentives for deepwater drilling, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Deepwater Drilling Royalty Relief Prohibition Act Introduced in Senate 2011-02-14T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s338is/xml/BILLS-112s338is.xml 2011-02-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. (text of measure as introduced: CR S686) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.